Chapter 34
AN: Okay peeps, to those who have already read the old chapter 34, I am informing you that grace of three days and I have agreed to co-op this story. So these next three chapters are hers and 37 and on will be the collaberated ones. Hope you enjoy the revised chapter. This story will more than likely be on her homepage as well.
As the weeks progressed uneventfully, Izayoi came closer to her due date and as her belly grew bigger still so did Anika's excitement.
"Sesshoumaru, what do you thin he will look like? How big do you think he will be? Anika shot questions at Sesshomaru in rapid fire as his patience rapidly disappeared.
"I do not pretend to know everything Anika so if I had to guess he would be small and looks like father and Izayoi." Sesshomaru replied calmly. Anika nearly jumped out of her skin when she felt her father's youkai beckoning them in to the castle. Leaving the koi pond fast as lightning, Anika was soon standing in front of her father looking expectantly up at him. Sesshomaru arrived shortly later at a more sedate pace.
"As winter is fast approaching, I would like for the two of you to go out hunting and bring back as much kill as possilbe, the cooks will know what to do with it." Touga instructed his pups.
"Can Saber and Fang help?" Anika asked. Touga nodded his head in affirmation.
"We heard put. We wil follow shortly, go on ahead." Fang told Anika as she went up to her rooms to tell
them. Anika was glad to go out hunting, it distracted her from her impatience with the new pup for not arriving in the world by now; she was very excited to meet him.
"Hey Sessh, I bet that I can catch bigger and better kills than you." Anika goaded her brother. Sesshomaru just snarled and narrowed his eyes dangerously as he took off in to the woods to prove his sister wrong.
At the end of the hunt, both pups had caught 10 animals each though Anika couldn't carry all her kills back because she wasn't big enough to.
"We shall come back for the rest of yours after we drop these off at the kitchen." Sesshomaru looked approvingly at Anika's kill. After Fang and Saber went out hunting, the total bounty added to 5 boar, 9 deer, 20 rabbits, and many squirrels as well as a couple of starlings. Touga looked at the total cache and he was very pleased with his pups.
The castle was abuzz with excitement as the final day came when the new pup was going to arrive. Anika couldn't sit and wait so she decided to stretch her wings for a bit and so she now flew circles over the castle, like a buzzard circling a stone carcass. After 3 hours Saber flew up to join Anika making sure she had company and stayed out of trouble.
"Little one, the time is very close you better go back in." Saber informed Anika as they began to sescend in a lazy arc. As Anika made her way to the healer's wing where Izayoi went when she got the first contractions, Anika stopped short as she heard a loud wail of a new born arriving in to the world. As Anika entered the room, her father as well as Sesshomaru were already there standing around Izayoi's bed. When the healers cleaned up the baby they handed the small pup to Izayoi.
"He's beautiful." Anika could only stare as the little pup's eyes opened wide as he took in his surroundings. Just then Anika noticed two white triangle puppy ears on top of his mop of white hair.
"What are you going to name him?" Anika asked her father.
"I'm not sure but I think I shall name him Inuyasha." Touga spoke in soft tones as his eyes never strayed from the tiny bundled life form in his mate's arms. Inuyasha let out a gargle as his little arms reached up to grab at a lock of Izayoi's hair. Sesshomaru was silent throughout the entire event though Anika could tell from his scent that he was calm and pleased though his expression did not reveal any of those emotions. After an hour of everyone fussing over the new baby, Anika went to find Saber to tell her all about her baby brother.